Raw Dawg” is okay. No. 2-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight contender Brandon Royval suffered a first-round knockout loss to Manel Kape in the main event of UFC Vegas 112 last night (Sat.

Kevin Vallejos knocked out Giga Chikadze with a spinning backfist at UFC Fight Night. Dana White's reaction and full results here.

Brandon Royval lost his second straight fight at UFC Vegas 112. | Getty/UFC Things did not go as planned for Brandon Royval on Saturday night. The former flyweight title challenger was finished in short order in the UFC Vegas 112 headliner,

Melquizael Costa capped off a tremendous 2025 with his fourth win of the year but none better than the vicious head kick knockout he delivered at UFC Vegas 112.

Steven Asplund earned his spot on the UFC roster by producing a first-round finish on Dana White’s Contender Series earlier this year. During his appearance on the show, the UFC Vegas 112 star spoke about his remarkable weight loss. Asplund weighed in excess of 520lbs before turning his life around and becoming a UFC fighter.

Myktybek Orolbai tested Jack Hermansson's after his first cut down to welterweight at UFC Qatar – and it didn't hold up.

Pimblett (23-3 MMA, 7-0 UFC) takes on Gaethje (26-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) for the interim lightweight title in the Jan. 24 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Paramount+). "The Baddy" is coming off a TKO of Michael Chandler, who, like Gaethje, is also a powerful striker that willingly goes to war. Pimblett plans on handing Gaethje the same fate.

The quest for improving oneself is often a fighter’s primary motivation. Middleweight contender Jared Cannonier famously started his UFC career as a heavyweight, eventually losing over 100 pounds to compete in his current weight class. Others, such as rising heavyweight Martin Buday, began training in martial arts to lose weight.